Are you a LEADER or FOLLOWER

[JUICE]

I consider myself a leader cause I like leading and giving out and excecuting my ideas. I like to never let down my people and team. What r u all? Be honest, It dont matter if your the type that likes to listen and follow ideas and directions and all, cause at times when Im lost or need help, I ask for help.:drunk:

[Gongshow]

def a leader here.

[JUICE]

like me i hate following:agree:

[Gongshow]

ya following sucks. I dont know if to many people would admit they are a follower though would they?

[JUICE]

Originally posted by Gongshow
ya following sucks. I dont know if to many people would admit they are a follower though would they?

i admit, at times back in high school i sorta kinda did my fish year and a little my junior year (but this one to be with the chicks, hehehehehe). But yeah,when I need advice and help,yeah i ask for it.:agree:

[urso8up]

I am a leader myself

[gorilla_boy]

I'm the oldest of 4 boys so I've always been shoved into leadership, though sometimes I wish I wasn't. But I'm fiercely independent and I hate being part of a team, unless I'm the leader :D

[sana]

leadership is not simply about giving orders and having people execute tasks for you. it's necessary to realize that leadership is actually more about having an intrinsic sense to bring people together and to inspire change in people. that does not mean that the leader needs to always know the answer. in fact, it is the very opposite, the leader needs to be able to recognize their own weaknesses in order to be able to draw out the positives in the people around them that will help him or her achieve better success.

if you think about it, the best leaders are not "bosses". they are people who know how to bring people together. they are the people who have the ability to say: "i need your help because i cannot succeed alone".

being an assertive and aggressive person, and being a natural leader are very different things.

inspiring change is the key that i think should be drawn out as a similarity in all successful leaders be it in business or politics or even in the home. it is the ability to inspire change and guide people towards the goal of change that is the hardest part of leadership to grasp. it is the ability to inspire change that will allow a person to be able to gain insight into more idea on how to do things better than themselves alone.

am i a leader? i'm not sure. i don't believe that i am a natural leader. i am learning to inspire change in people, but it is not something that has always been an intrinsic ability to me. am i aggressive? yes. i always push for what i want. but agressiveness and the desire to succeed alone does not a leader make.

[Puddles]

I'm both, it depends on the situation for what role I prefer. When it comes to business I do better at following orders than coming up with my own ideas (I work for my husband so this works out well), but when it comes to playtime I'm good at coming up with my own ideas and getting others to join me.

[trip]

Originally posted by sana
leadership is not simply about giving orders and having people execute tasks for you. it's necessary to realize that leadership is actually more about having an intrinsic sense to bring people together and to inspire change in people. that does not mean that the leader needs to always know the answer. in fact, it is the very opposite, the leader needs to be able to recognize their own weaknesses in order to be able to draw out the positives in the people around them that will help him or her achieve better success.

if you think about it, the best leaders are not "bosses". they are people who know how to bring people together. they are the people who have the ability to say: "i need your help because i cannot succeed alone".

being an assertive and aggressive person, and being a natural leader are very different things.

inspiring change is the key that i think should be drawn out as a similarity in all successful leaders be it in business or politics or even in the home. it is the ability to inspire change and guide people towards the goal of change that is the hardest part of leadership to grasp. it is the ability to inspire change that will allow a person to be able to gain insight into more idea on how to do things better than themselves alone.

am i a leader? i'm not sure. i don't believe that i am a natural leader. i am learning to inspire change in people, but it is not something that has always been an intrinsic ability to me. am i aggressive? yes. i always push for what i want. but agressiveness and the desire to succeed alone does not a leader make.

Damn Sana,

that post simply blew me away, hugely.

I teach leadership. Those two or three paragraphs is what I drill folks in, over and over and over again.

That is the sum of all leadership, if you do that and do nothing else, stick with that plan, you will be operating under the same mode of all the great leaders of the world.

Only 5% of people are natural born leaders. Other 15% of leaders are either taught or they figure it out. Rest of them struggle with it because they violate those main principles.

For you young woman....just guessing here, ( oh not really, see this one all the time )

Okay for you individually to be aggressive with yourself and what you want. Learn how not to show that aggressiveness to others in certain situations.

You'll get it.

And also please step right up and take your spot, the world is dying for great leaders.

What a post to start the day.

Am I a leader..........like everyone else I have only one life to lead, so let's get it going.

Over & Out
Enjoy the Day

[urso8up]

Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead.. Do not walk ahead of me, for I may not follow. Do not walk beside me either. Just pretty much leave me the hell alone.

[sana]

trip,

lol, i am indeed a "young woman" - 25 to be exact - and thanks for the props. i'm currently struggling myself with the question of whether or not i am a leader. i'm lucky that i have managers who have sat with me and discussed leadership and how one goes about becoming a successul leader within our organization, and in fact in any situation. but recognizing the building blocks of what makes a successful leader doesn't necessairly make me one. nor ... maybe right now... does it make me feel inspired to be a true leader (at least in my current career path). leadership... what a topic eh? it's very interesting, and always amazing to see an inspired leader make positive changes in organizations.

[trip]

Sana,

Great leadership is as easy as adding 1+1=2.

Is math good to know? Do we find it usefeull everyday in everyway?

Like good nutriton better to know than not, like leadership why would you not want to know these things?

Learn it know it live it, and then you can choose how and when and where you lead, and with whom. That is the real fun part.

I did 20 years of corporate, unforunately it is hard to lead consistently in those situations because two value conflicts keep getting in the way, ego's and dollars.

Often times, correct and proper leadership is sacrificed, when bottom line is looming or someone's pet project is not working.

It is very hard to stand up and lead in these situations because value's often are comprimised, which is the exact opposite of great leadership. In great leaders values are not comprised, it is the guiding light of leading.

Martin Luther KIng......All men are created equal. He never comprimised that value.

Gahndi........Change through non-violence. Never comprimised also.

Mostly the internal struggle is "Who am I to shine so brightly?"

The struggle is with the ego, a person of compassion and humility sometimes views shining negatively because what they have SEEN HEARD and FELT before from others is EGO dominated.

Not something a compassionate person wants to be. A fear of ending up like that or being viewed like that.

Question to ask, "Who are you NOT to shine?"

The world needs to see more humble compassionate people shine, to wipe away negative pictures out of control ego's, which often dominate leadership positions.....too inspire others.

Could slobber on all day.

One thing I will say is that in your posts all the qualities come through. Have noticed it for a long time.

So, you go girl.

Good Luck

[Mark_B]

I don't think I am a leader but rather a follower. Good example is that I don't like making my own threads but I like to hijack them! :p :p :p

[sana]

Originally posted by trip

Mostly the internal struggle is "Who am I to shine so brightly?"

The struggle is with the ego, a person of compassion and humility sometimes views shining negatively because what they have SEEN HEARD and FELT before from others is EGO dominated.

Not something a compassionate person wants to be. A fear of ending up like that or being viewed like that.

Question to ask, "Who are you NOT to shine?"

The world needs to see more humble compassionate people shine, to wipe away negative pictures out of control ego's, which often dominate leadership positions.....too inspire others.

Could slobber on all day.

One thing I will say is that in your posts all the qualities come through. Have noticed it for a long time.

So, you go girl.

Good Luck

thank you. i truly appreciate your advice, and your words. these few paragraphs will assuredly help me look further into myself to understand what and who i am. aye, growing up. it's so much fun :)